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Research matters: See the impact
Read our 2024/25 Impact Report to learn how we’re ensuring research creates a healthier future for everyone in BC.
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Call for applications: Advancing Groundbreaking Research in Alzheimer’s & Parkinson’s Diseases Team Award
A new team award supporting groundbreaking, BC-led research in Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and Parkinson’s disease (PD) is now open for applications.
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Remote breastfeeding support helps parents in BC
Low milk supply. Baby struggling to attach to breast. Sleepless nights. Breastfeeding can be tough – but telehealth options are giving parents confidence.
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New app helps people with type 1 diabetes REACHOUT to peers for support
Managing type 1 diabetes can feel overwhelming. A new mobile app connects people living with the disease to peers who understand their daily challenges, reducing their distress and building support.
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Listening to what can go UnHEARD in Northern BC resource development
Research in Northern BC is helping rural communities shape fairer, healthier decisions about major industrial projects — using tools that link environment, community, and health data.
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Michael Smith Health Research BC welcomes Dr. Geoff Payne as President and CEO
The Michael Smith Health Research BC Board of Directors welcomes Dr. Geoff Payne as President and Chief Executive Officer effective today (November 3, 2025).
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2026 Research Trainee competition: call for applications
Health Research BC is excited to launch the 2026 Research Trainee competition, supporting early-career health researchers across BC.
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Announcing the 2025 Research Trainee awardees
Health Research BC is proud to fund 35 emerging researchers through the 2025 Research Trainee Program.
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REGISTRATION OPEN: Putting Patients First 2026
Save your spot for the seventh Putting Patients First conference on Tuesday March 3, 2026. Join us free of charge in-person in Vancouver, BC, or virtually.
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Bridging the gaps: Why research impact can elude us — and what we can do about it
Reflecting on eight years as President & CEO, Dr. Bev Holmes shares her takeaways and suggestions for those working in the research system.
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BC SUPPORT Unit
The BC SUPPORT (Support for People & Patient-Oriented Research & Trials) Unit supports, patient-oriented research throughout BC to answer research questions that matter to patients and improve health care.
About Us
We fund people and research, and we partner on shared opportunities. Funded by our provincial government, we support a health research system that improves health and health care and strengthens the economy.
Our programs build research careers, our investments advance priority research, and our expertise accelerates the use of research evidence.
We acknowledge with respect and humility that our offices are located on the unceded, ancestral, and traditional lands of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations.
We also acknowledge the diverse First Nations across British Columbia, who have inherent rights rooted in the connection to their lands and waters, which have never been surrendered. In the spirit of reconciliation, we aim to practice cultural safety, value Indigenous ways of knowing, and respect the rights of First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples.
Current Funding Opportunities
Advancing Groundbreaking Research in Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s Diseases Team Award
Supports BC-based, interdisciplinary research teams working to deepen understanding of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and Parkinson’s disease (PD), improve diagnosis, treatment, and/or care, and potentially explore shared mechanisms across neurodegenerative diseases.
Operating Grant: Advancing 2S/LGBTQI+ Health Through Research
We’re partnering with the CIHR Institute of Gender and Health to support research that advances health equity for 2S/LGBTQI+ communities. Projects may focus on socio-structural determinants, chronic conditions, gender-affirming care and mental/brain health, and community-engaged approaches. Up to $700,000 over four years is available. Register by February 11, 2026.
Operating Grant: Cancer Research Society
We’re partnering with the Cancer Research Society to co-fund up to two BC-based research projects focused on Indigenous cancer health and prevention, environmental and occupational cancer risks, biomarker identification of carcinogenic exposure, and mechanisms of carcinogenesis. $140,000 over two years is available to successful applicants. Submit LOI by December 10.
Applications are now open for:
Latest News
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Research matters: See the impact
9 January 2026
Read our 2024/25 Impact Report to learn how we're ensuring research creates a healthier future for everyone in BC.
News
Call for applications: Advancing Groundbreaking Research in Alzheimer’s & Parkinson’s Diseases Team Award
5 January 2026
A new team award supporting groundbreaking, BC-led research in Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and Parkinson’s disease (PD) is now open for applications.
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Walking gently together: Co-developing an Indigenous-led evaluation framework for BC Kidney Check
18 December 2025
The BC SUPPORT Unit is helping Can-SOLVE CKD Network with an Indigenous-led evaluation of a program connecting BC First Nation communities with kidney screening.